The 1808 Slave Trade Compromise in the Constitution.
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It calmed southern fears that slave trade would be stopped and that exports would be taxed, it also said slave trade wouldn't be touched for 20 years (1808). Also it said that the federal government wouldn't tax exported goods.
Slave Trade
Congress could not ban slave trade until 1808. This was due to the 1st and 4th clauses that were in section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. The 1st clause clearly stated that slave trade prohibition could not take place until 1808.
The Constitutional Convention said that congress could not ban slave trade until 1808.
Well, in 1808 the USA banned slave trade.